Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's strong gaming performance is evident in its significantly higher score, thanks to its Adreno 840 graphics.
Both the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offer excellent battery life, with the latter only marginally better.
Although the hallmark scores for AI performance are unavailable, the MediaTek Dimensity 9000's dedicated NPU for AI workloads suggests it may have an advantage.
54 | CPU Performance | 99 |
29 | Gaming Performance | 96 |
91 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 4 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Mali-G710 MP10 | GPU Model | Adreno 840 |
| MediaTek APU 590 | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 1409448 | Apple A19 | 3932243 |
| 539623 | CPU | 1143736 |
| 260086 | GPU | 1439012 |
| 237078 | Memory | 409747 |
| 372661 | UX | 939748 |
| 1409448 | Total score | 3932243 |
| 1693 | Single-Core Score | 3607 |
| 4384 | Multi-Core Score | 10732 |
| 170.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec |
| 120.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec |
| 138.2 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 115.4 images/sec | Image detection | 330.6 images/sec |
| 140.3 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 15.7 images/sec | Background blur | 40.7 images/sec |
| 38.9 images/sec | Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec |
| 4.69 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 11 tests | Samples | 41 tests |
| 6368 | Compute Score (GPU) | 27343 |
| 8.55 images/sec | Background blur | 51.9 images/sec |
| 4.42 images/sec | Face detection | 24.9 images/sec |
| 0.37 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.41 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.3 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.08 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| 16.2 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| 1296 FPS | Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS |
| OpenCL | API | Vulkan |
| 9 tests | Samples | 26 tests |
| 775 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 2736 |
| 775 | Score | 2736 |
| 63% | Stability | 78% |
| 6 FPS | Graphics test | 20 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 12201 |
| 2332 | Score | 12201 |
| 13 FPS | Graphics test | 46 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 53 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 46 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 39 FPS |
| 1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 | Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 3050 MHz | Frequency | 4610 MHz |
| ARMv9-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| — | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| 1 MB | L2 cache | 12 MB |
| 4 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 3750 MHz | Memory frequency | 5300 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 60 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| — | Modem | Snapdragon X85 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 7000 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| Up to 2500 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| 6 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 5.3 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 3.1 | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| MediaTek APU 590 | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| November 2021 | Announced | September 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| MT6983 | Model number | SM8850-AC |
| Mali-G710 MP10 | GPU name | Adreno 840 |
| Valhall 3rd gen | Architecture | Adreno 800 |
| 848 MHz | GPU frequency | 1200 MHz |
| 10 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 64 | Shading units | 512 |
| 640 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 1085.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 3686.4 Gigaflops |